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The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. Na Trí Cheist

    CBÉS 0009

    Máirtín Ó Níadh

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  2. A Story

    CBÉS 0015

    Michael Delaney, Thomas Delaney

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  3. Funny Stories

    CBÉS 0016

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  4. Bás Aristotle

    CBÉS 0068

    Pádraic O Flatharta, Tomás Mac Confhaola

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  5. Seanscéal

    CBÉS 0071

    Bairbre Bhreathnach, Seán Breathnach

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  6. Scéal - An Triúr Dearthár

    CBÉS 0075

    Mártain Seoighe

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  7. The Red Pig of Knowledge

    CBÉS 0086

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  8. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0107

    Margaret Connell, Mrs Connell

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  9. A Story

    CBÉS 0203

    John Feeney, Patrick Feeney

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  10. An Old Story

    CBÉS 0205

    Máire Ní Scanláin, Tomás O Scanláin

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    “Once a boy fell in with two robbers. Now there lived near those robbers a man who was very rich...”

    CBÉS 0249

    James Gormley, Lynda Shannon

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  12. Gallo's Green Will Be Your End

    CBÉS 0401

    Tim Horgan

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    “There were three brothers long ago.”

    CBÉS 0407

    Máire Ní Cuill, Seán Ó Cíarba

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  14. Triúr Clainne na Barrscolóige

    CBÉS 0422

    Tomás Ó Muirchadha

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    “One day very long ago three brothers who wanted to know how they would spend their lives after their father had died laid themselves down at three cross roads pretending to be dead.”

    CBÉS 0432

    Eileen Brosnan, James O' Sullivan

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  16. Triúr Clainne na Barrscolóige

    CBÉS 0457

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  17. Muc Mhór an Rí

    CBÉS 0461

    Mícheál Ó h Ealuighthe

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  18. Croch Gheal

    CBÉS 0467

    Tadhg Mac Giolla Coda

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  19. Story

    “Once upon a time there lived a poor man in the stretch of the mountain by the village.”

    CBÉS 0572

    Mr Patrick Leary

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  20. Scéalta Grinn

    CBÉS 0656

    Ruaidhrí Ó Riain

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